"Harvard's Kyle Casey and Michigan's Jordan Morgan have signed with Roger Montgomery of @msgsports."

I'm guessing Jordan is going to go over to Europe and play for a few years, a la Zack and Stu. You can make a pretty darn good salary over there, much better than the D-League. No doubt some European team is going to appreciate the hard work we all know Jordan brings to the table. Awesome to see him continuing his career in basketball, and I have a feeling those degrees from UofM Engineering will treat him just fine when he comes back to the states.

I've never understood this bizarre belief that basketball players could be football players if they're big and athletic. Football requires a different set of skills that have to be honed over the years, just like basketball. You need the toughness and body type to take the physical punishment as well. Being big and a good athlete isn't enough. Pretty insulting to football players, really.

Completely agree. Let's just ignore all the years of training it takes to develop into a D1-caliber football player, and then all the ensuing years it takes to develop into a player that is capable of getting drafted. Its not only insulting to football players, its one of the most ignorant (you know little about the process of becomign a D1 football player) and dumbest (you just really are not that smart) things I read on this board.

We all know that one way or the other, we'll be hearing from Nik GRIII, & McGary soon. Where I'm confused is how they pick the date they announce.

Obviously, the critical thing is when they've actually decided, one way or the other. That appears to have been the case with Jon Horford. The shock for me was that he had been urged by his family to transfer for the last 4 years.

For JMo, his eligibility is gone, so it kind of didn't matter what he did: we knew he couldn't come back.

And signing with an agent means you've lost eligibility, which is why the (erroneous) reports that Nik had signed with Bartlestein where taken as a de facto declaration for the NBA. Part of the decision could be waiting til you've retained an agent before you make an announcement (to avoid being hassled by lots of sleazy agents.)

My understanding is that being able to go back on declaring no longer works. However, I don't understand how this used to work, and why it no longer matters. I also don't know what protocol would best serve all parties involved: the NBA, the NCAA, the member institution, and the player.

I always thought playing professional bball in Europe would be the absolute best gig ever. No pressure. Get to travel and see new things. Make great money. And, lets face it, Europeans are just better at life.

You can make great money in Europe if you're playing for a top team in a top league, and it goes down from there. I have a mutual friend of Drew Neitzel who says he was making "150-250,000". That's great money, but he was pretty high in demand for Europe. Novak was probably much much less, for comparison. Also, I've heard playing in a foreign country gets a little old - foreign language, culture, get a little homesick. Not all teams play in southern France.

As for no pressure? Some of the fans are absolute psychos. A Greek-African in Israel went into the stands last week because a fan yelled racial slurs and said he was gonna rape his son and daughter. The fans hung blatant taunts from the balcony.

Just saying it's not all as good as it seems. But I'd still sign up for ~5 years of the experience.